Under what conditions does it pay to be sustainable? Sources of heterogeneity in corporate sustainability impacts

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 159
Issue: C
Pages: 15-17

Authors (4)

Al Abri, Ibtisam (not in RePEc) Bi, Xiang (Government of the United State...) Mullally, Conner (University of Florida) Hodges, Alan (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Empirical evidence on the effect of adopting corporate sustainability (CS) practices on a firm’s financial performance has been mixed. Using panel data from 463 US firms, we employ propensity score matching (PSM), Difference-in-Differences (DID), and Quantile DID to examine the extent to which a firm’s size, CS adoption intensity, and industry sector affected its financial performance from 2000 to 2012. Our findings suggest CS adoption had heterogeneous effects on corporate financial performance.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:159:y:2017:i:c:p:15-17
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-24